[Is that a comfort or a relief? It's hard to say. It would have been easier if Wolfwood had given up on Vash. At least then he wouldn't have to agonize over how to continue. Being afraid of himself was easier when there was no within arm's reach.

He's not going to protest it though. He's not that stupid. He gives a nod, and maybe breathes out a sigh he didn't know he'd been holding in.]

I'm glad for that.

[Finally, just a fragment of honesty out of him. Nothing relevant to their current predicament, at least not yet. He does feel the slightest bit emboldened though, so - ]

I can't clip them. I know that. I've tried. Grow back before I've even put the damn clippers down.